NAC455C.514. Escalators and moving walks: Tests relating to step and skirt performance index.

     1. For an escalator or moving walk for which the application for installing or relocating the escalator or moving walk is filed with the Enforcement Section on or after December 15, 2004:

     (a) As required by the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, as adopted by reference in NAC 455C.500, the tests relating to the step and skirt performance index as set forth in rule 8.11.4.2.19 of that code must be performed at the time of manufacture or installation of the escalator or moving walk; and

     (b) Subsequent tests relating to the step and skirt performance index as set forth in rule 8.11.4.2.19 of the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, as adopted by reference in NAC 455C.500, must be performed on those escalators or moving walks when an inspector or special inspector requires the tests to be performed.

     2. For escalators or moving walks that are existing installations, tests relating to the step and skirt performance index as set forth in rule 8.11.4.2.19 of the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, as adopted by reference in NAC 455C.500, must be performed when an inspector or special inspector requires the tests to be performed.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by R101-02, eff. 12-15-2004)